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Author Topic: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.  (Read 3861 times)

SirHoneyBadger

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In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« on: May 15, 2009, 08:13:55 pm »
Blatantly stolen from Jakkarta, who stole it from Yakov Smirnov, who in turn stole it from Arte Johnson. What a country!

...Moving firmly along, this is a thread to discuss the addition of possible Russian influences into the game.

Yay communism!

No, what I mean is, Russia has a long and rich history, full of DF-thematic goodness to mine.

They were invaded and influenced by Vikings, ruled by a monolithic imperial dynasty for centuries, had a god (Chernobog) that struck people dead with his hammer, a diverse mythology, vast architecture, even vaster wildernesses, a citizenry that was stomped into the ground harder and more thoroughly than even a lot of their enemies, fantastic gems and treasures, and a legendary workshop that came up with some of the finest and most original artifacts ever produced (Faberge).

There's even a whole line of Warhammer miniatures devoted to "Russianized" dwarfs (the Chaos Dwarfs).

So what are some things that we can borrow from the Russkys to make the game more interesting?
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2009, 08:17:08 pm »
Dwarven vodka production?
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2009, 08:17:42 pm »
Nikola Tesla?? Oh, wait, he was a serb.
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #3 on: May 15, 2009, 08:20:11 pm »
Lenin as a noble!
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #4 on: May 15, 2009, 08:20:19 pm »
AK?
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #5 on: May 15, 2009, 08:21:00 pm »
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2009, 08:23:49 pm »
Vodka is made from potatoes, which seems like a dwarfy food to me. I think we should lobby for giant wild underground potato groves in the new version.
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2009, 09:18:41 pm »
Revolution of the Economy! From each dwarf what he can give, to each dwarf what he needs!
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2009, 09:58:00 pm »
Hmm I'd say DF is already pretty Russian (or at least Soviety). After the economy kicks in, all dwarves work for the state and are paid and use the money to buy from the state. In addition to this, we have Dwarven Space Programs*, gulags** and a startling love of executing the nobles. In all seriousness though, DF is heavily inspired by Norse mythology via Tolkein.

*Catapults
**Bone bolt workshops
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2009, 10:07:56 pm »
We need a heightmap of russia, and remake all the cities with fortresses!
And in each city, a giant statue of a major influence in russian history!
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2009, 11:56:53 pm »
Quote from: alway on May 15, 2009, 08:17:08 pm
Dwarven vodka production?

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I think vodka is about the most soviet Russian thing you could use.  Hmm Maybe there should be a special type of military type you could have called "Commissar"  and he would have the [NO_FEAR] tag?
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2009, 04:47:51 am »
Quote from: zchris13 on May 15, 2009, 08:21:00 pm
Quote from: NFossil on May 15, 2009, 08:20:19 pm
AK?
We already have tommy guns.

Which are only used by few nostalgic Sicilian gangsters. AK? Just about every other terrorist and rebel.
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #12 on: May 16, 2009, 08:37:37 am »
Gentlemen, XM8.



This gun trumps your puny outdated AK 47.
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #13 on: May 16, 2009, 08:53:56 am »
The 5.56 round will never trump the 7.62 for sheer unpleasantness.  BOOyah, baby. :P
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Re: In America, we play Dwarf Fortress. In Soviet Russia, Fortress dwarfs YOU.
« Reply #14 on: May 16, 2009, 09:55:50 am »
Quote from: Yanlin on May 16, 2009, 08:37:37 am
Gentlemen, XM8.

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This gun trumps your puny outdated AK 47.

Do they actualy still make those things in small quantities or are we limited to the few prototypes that existed before it was canned?

To whoever said 7.62, i raise you a .338
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